LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

quācumque

quācumque (not comparable)

Meaning

  1. not comparablewherever, wheresoever
  2. not comparableby whatsoever means

quā-cumquē (-cunque) (in tmesi:
I. quā porro cumque, Lucr. 1, 508: quā se cunque tulit, Verg. A. 11, 762), adv.
I. By whatever way, wherever, wheresoever (class.): quācumque iter fecit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 44; id. Clu. 68, 193: quācunque ingredimur, id. Fin. 5, 2, 5: quācumque custodiant, Liv. 24, 2: quācumque equo invectus est, Liv. 8, 9, 12.—
II. Transf.
A. Whencesoever, from what side soever: hujus erat Minerva spectantem aspectans, quācumque aspiceretur, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120.—
B. Whithersoever: quācumque nos commovimus, ad Caesaris acta revocamur, Cic. Att. 14, 17, 6.—
C. By whatsoever means, in whatever way: nisi me quācumque novas incidere lites monuisset cornix, Verg. E. 9, 14.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷos
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷād
  4. Latinquācumque

Latin -cumque Latin quācumque From quā + -cumque.

Quick answers

What does quācumque mean in Latin?
quācumque, a adverb, means “wherever, wheresoever; by whatsoever means”.
Where does quācumque come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *kʷos → Proto-Italic *kʷād → Latin quācumque.